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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:

Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon capillipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem


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image of Andropogon capillipes, Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anca4_001_lvd

        

image of Andropogon capillipes, Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

JK Marlow    jkm081009_078

October    Dorchester County    SC

image of Andropogon capillipes, Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

JK Marlow    jkm081009_080

October    Dorchester County    SC

A. capillipes, A. dealbatus & A glaucopsis have strongly chalk-white leaves, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2011).

image of Andropogon capillipes, Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

JK Marlow    jkm081009_082

October    Dorchester County    SC

Leaves strongly glaucous, often nearly white with powdery wax, glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Andropogon capillipes, Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmacapillipes

November        

Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2056

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic pine flatwoods, sandhills, adjacent roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Raceme (usually 2 per peduncle)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

 

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